As someone who was raised in the bay area, the idea that these experiences meant that homelessness was at an all-time high in the city struck me as the thoughts

As someone who was raised in the bay area, the idea that these experiences meant that homelessness was at an all-time high in the city struck me as the thoughts of someone whose rose tint was fading from their glasses. One of my earliest memories is of a grizzled homeless man on Market asking me if I'd seen his spaceship anywhere, and I can't remember ever spending more than a few hours in the downtown area without seeing some sort of display of intoxication, mental disability, or both. So I looked it up, and indeed, crime and homeless rates within the city have stayed relatively consistent over the past decade, both in terms of sheltered and unsheltered homeless (crime is up slightly, but still well below what it was in the 90s). Just in case anyone was wondering.